CSU ski area management program director, Natalie Ooi, Ph.D. was asked by Ski Area Management Magazine to be the "Deep Dive Advisor" for their leadership development program: Summit Series. On a recent episode of PodSAM they take a look behind the scenes at year two of the Summit Series and discuss Ooi's work and presentation at the NSAA West conference on succession planning for the ski industry.

The Center for Protected Area Management out of Colorado State University aims to help protect public lands around the world. CPAM, an arm of the Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources out of the Warner College of Natural Resources and the U.S. Forest Service International Programs, has participants in 23 countries around the world developing management plans for protected lands, with their biggest program in Brazil.

Colorado Natural Heritage Program zoologist Rob Schorr is teaming up with Colorado climbers to identify roosting locations of bats in an effort to prepare for white-nose syndrome if it occurs in the state.

Conservation Leadership Through Learning student, Dani Gronhovd's op-ed in the Daily Camera highlights Xcel's commitment to fossil fuels and less funding for renewable resources, which is in direct conflict with Boulder's renewable energy plan.